English · Boy name
Kingston
“king's town”
About the name Kingston
Kingston is an English name meaning ‘king’s town’. It is derived from Old English elements ‘cyning’ (king) and ‘tun’ (town), and it is associated with royal towns in England, such as Kingston upon Thames, where several Anglo-Saxon kings were crowned. English settlers carried the name abroad, and it is now borne by Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, and Kingston in Ontario, Canada. As a given name for boys, Kingston is a recent adoption, mainly in the United States.
- Meaning
- king's town
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- KING-stun(2 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Kingston
- Kingston James
- Kingston Alexander
- Kingston Michael
- Kingston Lee
- Kingston Scott
Questions about Kingston
- What does Kingston mean?
- Kingston is an English name meaning "king's town".
- How do you pronounce Kingston?
- Kingston is pronounced KING-stun, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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